Xia dynasty

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The Xia dynasty is traditionally regarded as the first dynasty in Chinese history, preceding the Shang and marking the beginning of China’s dynastic era in legend and early historical records.

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Xia dynasty canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Chinese dynasty
dynasty
associatedLegend Great Yu controls the floods
associatedWithArchaeologicalCulture Erlitou site
surface form: Erlitou culture
capital Yangcheng
Zhenxun
chronologyBasis traditional Chinese historiography
chronologyProject Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project
coreArea middle and lower Yellow River valley
country China
culturalLegacy model of first hereditary dynasty in Chinese tradition
culturalPeriod Bronze Age China
downfallCause tyranny of Jie (traditional account)
eraName Xia
firstRuler Yu the Great
followedBy Shang dynasty
follows legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period
founder Yu the Great
governmentType hereditary monarchy
historicalStatus disputed historicity
semi-legendary
language Old Chinese
surface form: Old Chinese (hypothesized)
lastRuler Jie of Xia
legitimizedBy Mandate of Heaven concept (retrospectively applied)
mainRiver Yellow River
mentionedIn Bamboo Annals
Book of Documents
Records of the Grand Historian
Zuo Zhuan
modernResearchIssue debate over archaeological identification
question of historical existence
notableEvent flood control projects attributed to Yu the Great
notableRuler Jie of Xia
Qi of Xia
Yu the Great
overthrownBy Cheng Tang
partOf ancient Chinese history
positionInChronology first dynasty in traditional Chinese history
precededBy Five Emperors
surface form: Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
predecessorPolityType tribal confederations along Yellow River
region Yellow River basin
religion early Chinese ancestral and nature worship
roleInHistoriography beginning of dynastic cycle in China
successorState Shang dynasty
traditionalEndYear c. 1600 BCE
traditionalStartYear c. 2070 BCE
writingSystem no securely identified script

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Shang dynasty follows Xia dynasty
Erlitou site associatedWith Xia dynasty
Tang of Shang predecessorState Xia dynasty
Ancient China hasDynasty Xia dynasty